Less than a week after the elections that gave victory to PT member Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Bishop Edir Macedo, a staunch supporter of Jair Bolsonaro (PL), posted a sermon on his social media about forgiveness. In the video that is already circulating on the internet, the leader of Universal says that it is time to “look ahead”. Macedo also stated that “Lula, supposedly, won” by the will of God:
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Less than a month ago, Edir Macedo also took to social media to launch a challenge: “Let's wait until the 30th, to see who the true God is. At least we will know who the living God is. Whether he is the God of the left or he is the God of the right”. If you haven't seen it, watch it here:
Another card-carrying Bolsonaro supporter, responsible for making the church a platform for Jair Bolsonaro (PL), the verbose Silas Malafaia, asked for a blessing on Lula and elected governors during a service, on Wednesday (2).
Evangelical leaders and theologians opposed to the far-right movement within churches denounced the electoral use of faith to the detriment of truth:
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Throughout the entire electoral process, left-wing evangelical pastors reported persecution within churches led by Silas Malafaia, Edir Macedo André Valadão and other far-right sympathizers.
Recently, André Valadão – from the Lagoinha Baptist Church, in Belo Horizonte – had his accounts removed from social media after spreading fake news against Lula. (🚥)
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